Sarah was the tour guide of the day. We have been getting up to get ready for breakfast at 6:00 AM because there are a lot of us here now and there is one standard time and it couldn’t be a little later. We met for breakfast at 7:00 AM. Today was a rainy day and we went to Zürich to visit a hotel and a museum.

We departed Chur at 8:16 AM and arrived at Zürich by 9:47 AM. We visited the tourism’s office where we picked up maps and brochures about the area. I must say that Zürich is nothing like Chur. There are many shops and it’s a very city like scene. We took a small over ground train called a tram in Zürich to Sihlcity which is a new mall like structure with a new Four Points Hotel by Sheraton and plenty of stores to shop.

Four Points by Shearton @ Sihlcity

We entered the Four Points for a hotel site inspection with Alexia Hungerbühler, Director of Sales and Marketing. She gave us a tour of the hotel and told us the different categories of rooms available which are standard, deluxe, junior suite and senior suite. The hotel has an exercise area and an Asian Spa which is very beautiful. The hotel has five floors and is equipped with 8 meeting rooms. The rooms have a view to a small river that flows behind Sihlcity. The hotel is really nice and Alexia was a doll. After we finished doing the inspection she invited us to a cup of coffee which was very nice of her and asked us to tell her a little bit about herself. I’ve definitely come to notice that it might be a coincidence but everyone whom we have been getting a warm greeting from has an American background of some sort. Alexia worked for a hotel in Washington D.C.; she sat with us for a while and was very interested to learn that we all lived in one city but came from all over the world.

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We left there, and took the tram back into the city. Our next visit was the Swiss National Museum, but before we went in to explore the museum we had lunch by the river that flows right behind the museum where there is a boat to transport people to different parts of the city including the casino. While we were having lunch I couldn’t help but notice that in the water was a family of ducks with there mom and one ducky seemed to have a problem catching up with the rest. It amazed me to see the duck crying out but the current was so strong that he/she could not catch up with the rest. This broke my heart to see that we left for the museum and the ducky had still not caught up with its family. We finished our lunch and went into the museum to explore.

Swiss National Museum

The Swiss National Museum in Zurich contains Switzerland’s largest collection of objects regarding the cultural history of Switzerland. Its exhibition covers all periods, from prehistory to the 21st century. The building was officially inaugurated in 1898. Its young architect, Gustav Gull, was able to push through his choice of a location for the National Museum, his own city of Zurich. The building is distinguished by its use of stylistic elements from various historical periods, which it fuses into something new, a reflection of the historicist spirit of the age.

We left the museum by 3:00 PM. We were going to walk around the town but the crowd got a little out of hand since there was a Euro Cup game in town that afternoon. The fans were out of control and they were piling up everywhere, so we decided that it was best if we headed back into Chur.

Upon arrival in Chur, we did some shopping and then took the bus in time for dinner at SSTH. The disco was open tonight but I had blogging to do, since I was scheduled to leave for Italy early tomorrow morning. So I guess I will enjoy the SSTH disco the next time it’s open.